[Electronics-talk] Mac vs. PC

[Jorge Paez]

Andy:
It depends.
There are some stuff--such as gaming (yes, there are games accessible for the blind),
and such at which Winodws has a better chance simply because its more open.

But, Mac can serve any and all basic needs as an exclusive system.



On Feb 22, 2011, at 12:03 PM, Baracco, Andrew W wrote:

> I joined a blind Mac users list to get an idea of how functional the Mac
> is for blind users.  And, it seems like just about everyone on that list
> uses Windows in addition to the Mac, either by having a separate Windows
> PC, or by using Windows on the same PC, either by using a duel boot
> system, or by running Windows under a virtual machine.  Thus one can
> infer that, at least as far as a blind user is concerned, the Mac does
> not afford enough functionality to use it exclusively.
> 
> Andy
> 
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> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] mac vs PC
> 
> Got a Mac and not going back.
> 
> On Feb 19, 2011, at 10:57 AM, Priscilla Garces wrote:
> 
>> I'm a totally blind user of both PC and the Mac. At first it took some
> time to really figure out the mac, but now its pretty intuitive. I would
> be flat out lying if I said mac is so easy on the first try, no, not
> really folks; it does take some getting used to the different settings .
> On top of the different way it is set up, the cursor is different on the
> mac than on the PC. on the PC the cursor is to the right of the text,
> but on the mac the cursor is between the 2 letters. for instance, if you
> spelled mac the cursor on windows is to the right of the letter c and on
> the mac the cursor is between the a and c. In windows jaws would be
> saying m a c every time you arrow to the left or right which is more
> accurate when proofreading. On the mac, the cursor is between the
> letters which makes it confusing and you then end up deleting the wrong
> letter, but you can set the cursor to work like windows under the
> preferences for voiceover. It took me a while to figure the settings but
> I can now do that with no problem. The advantage of owning the mac is
> the cost effective solution and the in person technical support you
> receive with added training at there centers whereas windows you have to
> sometimes send out parts of a computer and if you need tech support you
> have to wait a long time especially if you have to deal with jaws and
> it's flukes. besides the in person tech support and servicing of parts
> between both PC and mac, on the PC you can only use the keyboard with
> jaws and thus it takes longer sometimes to complete the needed tasks
> where as on the mac you can use the trackpad as a mouse and you can
> actually press on any part of the trackpad and it will read the text on
> the screen. + navigation with the trackpad is faster and more so if you
> use the keyboard in addition to the mac. Voice over has cool voices and
> are more up to date whereas jaws have the monotone robotic voices which
> makes me personally want to fall asleep when reading tedious amounts of
> documents as a college students. I love alex because his voice is a lot
> more humanlike and has a variety of expression. In that case I would
> just say that you have to decide on what you feel more comfortable. But
> me personally after the mac i'm not looking back except when I work at
> an office using a PC but for personal use, that's a different story.
> What is your view on the use of the Mac verses PC?
>> I'm just curious to know if some of you share the same opinion or have
> something similar.
>> 
>> Thank you very much.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Priscilla Garces
>> priscillagarces1987 at hotmail.com
>> 
>> 
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